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Circus Boy: 20: Elmer, The Rainmaker

on BBC Television

A series of adventures set under the Big Top.
With Mickey Braddock as Corky, Noah Beery as Joey, the Clown, Robert Lowery as Big Tim Champion, Guinn Williams as Pete, the Canvasman, Sterling Holloway as Elmer Purdy, Stanley Andrews as Sheriff Hicks

The circus arrives in a drought-plagued district where cattle are dying from lack of water and finds that there is none to spare to meet its needs. An amateur inventor travelling with the circus tries out some schemes to solve the problem. When he accidentally pollutes the precious water supply in the local reservoir the ranchers gather to run the circus out of town.

Contributors

Corky:
Mickey Braddock
Joey, the Clown:
Noah Beery
Big Tim Champion:
Robert Lowery
Pete, the Canvasman:
Guinn Williams
Elmer Purdy:
Sterling Holloway
Sheriff Hicks:
Stanley Andrews

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